PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. v. O'ROURKE (1953)

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. v. O'ROURKE
	Term: 1952
Important Dates
	Argued: December 8, 1952
	Decided: January 12, 1953
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Harold Burton • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • Tom Clark • Sherman Minton • Frederick Vinson

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. v. O'ROURKE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 12, 1953. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1952.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York New York Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: Railroad
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 344 U.S. 334
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.